“As a mum to twins I’m glad child tax credit wasn’t limited to less than two children.

“I don’t think it’s right that the baby boomer generation is being given free television licences while young, hard-working families are having tax credits frozen. I’m worried by the rise in child poverty as well, and although I agree that work should be the route out, this is undermined by freezing child tax credits.

“Although my boys are five, I’m happy to see parents of three and four-year-olds given 30-hours free childcare a week.

“Provided the government supports the nurseries with this, I think this is really positive.”

Katy, 34, from Aylesbury, Bucks, added: “I will be echoing the government in encouraging my children to ‘earn or learn’.”

DISAPPOINTED: Simon, Karen and their sons [SWNS]

“Someone who owns a house worth £200k is being treated the same as someone whose house is worth a million”

Simon Medland, 35, retail worker

Young Family: 'Fears for future'

RETAIL worker Simon Medland, 35, is worried about the effect the budget will have on families.

The dad-of-four and partner Karen are disappointed that their two-year-old twins Annabel and Alexandra, will be too old for free childcare by the time it becomes available.

Simon, from Bristol said: “I also don’t think the two-child cap for child tax credits is fair and it makes me fearful for families in the future.

“I know they are putting the wages up but if you have young children you are not necessarily going to be able to work enough to fill in that gap. I work 20 hours a week at the moment and I wouldn’t be able to work any more. Some people have young children that they need to look after.

“I think the national wage increase will make some difference. I’m just not sure if it is enough to offset the tax credit decrease.”

Simon, who also has two sons, said the raise in personal tax allowance could have been more.

And he criticised the rise in threshold of inheritance tax to £1m, saying: “Someone who owns a house worth £200k is being treated the same as someone whose house is worth a million.”

HARD: Daniel [CAVENDISH PRESS]

Unemployed: ‘I’ve being frozen out’

DYSLEXIC Daniel Carr, 25, was devastated his Job Seekers Allowance was frozen at £120 a fortnight.

He said: “It’s getting hard – they are saying I’m fit enough to work.

“I want to get a job and I’m sick of being on the dole. But I need a job that doesn’t involve reading or writing – it’s hard."

Daniel, of Beswick, Manchester, added: “I’m looking to do cleaning but there’s nothing out there.

“It’s all part-time work and I need full-time because I’ve got my own place.

White Van Man: ‘Do more’

Derek, 61, of West Bromwich, West Mids, said: “When you have to start factoring mileage into your quotes it can put people off using you. So that should help keep people like me in work.

“I also welcome a low tax for low incomes. But I would like to see them do more to help smaller businesses.

“They are the backbone of Britain.”

DEBTS: John [CAVENDISH PRESS]

Student: ‘Poor kids put off’

JOHN Moore says replacing free student maintenance grants with loans will push those from poorer families away from college education.

History student John, 25, who has just finished his first year at the University of Huddersfield, said he might not have been able to afford his course if the policy had applied to him.

He said: “Working-class teenagers will be put off due to the additional debt, which is staggering already due to having to pay £9,000 a year. The Conservatives are trying to make university exclusively for the rich.”

John, who gets around £3,000 a year in maintenance grants, added: “They are a great support for people like me, but even with them it’s still a struggle to live.”